D.O.T. physical is a joke!!!!

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  1. Mototom

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    Did not know. The small towns in Missouri and Arkansas are really just bone guys. They don’t claim to treat anything other then some joint/back pain and maybe headache from neck pain. I don’t buy into much superstition.
     
  2. Trucking in Tennessee

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    Beg all you want. They are not real doctors. They manipulate your bones around and they don't stay put. Just a short term fix. One almost ruined me before I finally went to a neurosurgeon and got the problem fixed. The quack gave me back all my money once I told him what was wrong. They have no training in internal medicine.
     
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    Termporsry relief is 7+ months for my shoulders. They do help just in very specific cases. MD can’t do anything for my shoulders except tramadol and some kinda shot. I said no thanks.
     
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    My point exactly they can and do help a lot of people! It’s definitely a better alternative to try before just getting cut on and possibly worst off than before especially with all the addicts we have with opioids
     
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    Or, you know, a second opinion like everybody recommends.
     
  6. rbrtwbstr

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    Yeah, but everyone also recommends we eat lots of whole grain foods. Even though it's scientifically proven to be not nearly as good as once thought.

    If you look at the country as a whole, and how many people are obese, and diabetic, you really have to wonder if the medical community (who told us all along what we should eat) really does have people's health in mind.

    There's a great book I read called Wheat Belly. It goes into great detail how the American diet is about the worst thing a person could eat.

    For all his faults, Kevin Rutherford on the satellite radio really may be on to something with his health nut mentality. I was very skeptical when I first heard it, and then I started to read some of the books, and it makes sense to me. I know my wife and I have tried some of the things he talks about with great success.

    I got off in a tangent a bit with this, but my point is I really don't trust the doctors anymore. Their answer to everything is take this pill to cover up the symptoms. And the problem still remains, people just don't feel it.
     
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    Doctor Google is a real problem. He tells you what you want to hear so you can feel smarter than the real doctors.
     
  8. Buckmaster1981

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    Very true
     
  9. Trucking in Tennessee

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    I used to get a knot in my shoulder. Went to several chiros. Nothing. Finally got a cortisone injection and was good as new in a few hours.
     
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    Most all the food we eat is laced with sugar. Our bodies are overloaded and the kidneys can't process it all.